Arts & Sciences
Book XIV, 124
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
The sun, the moon, and the planets of the revolving zodiac spun such a nativity for thee; for a sixth part of thy life to remain an orphan with thy dear mother, for an eighth part to perform forced labour for thy enemies. For a third part the gods shall grant thee home-coming, and likewise a wife and a late-born son by her. Then thy son and wife shall perish by the spears of the Scythians, and then having shed tears for them thou shalt reach the end of thy life in twenty-seven years.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Solution: He lived 72 years.
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